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Friday, June 29, 2018

FEATURED
PERFORMANCESHerbie Hancock8:00pm | Sony Centre
A visionary and architect in the post-bop
sound, his passion for innovation and
creativity remain unparalleled

Heather Bambrick & Friends with
Russ Little Quartet feat. Melissa
Stylianou
7:30pm | Home Smith Bar at the Old Mill
A festival within the Festival showcasing
a lineup of some of Canada's best-loved
jazz luminaries

Dave Young Quartet
8pm | Rex Jazz & Blues Bar

Ghost Note
10pm | Rex Jazz & Blues Bar

FREE PERFORMANCES

The Jazz Musician Intensive: Concert
Promotion & Presentation Clinic
10:30am | Heliconian Hall
Co-lead by Sergio Elmir and Jennifer
Nichols, this clinic covers
self-presenting; the basic of concert
booking / promotion; and new approaches to
concert presentation. Mark Micklethwaite
facilitatesBig Band Slam12pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.The Slam each year features four high
school jazz bands from across the GTA,
performing with veteran saxophone and big
band musician Andy Ballantyne
Red Hot Ramble12:30pm | OLG Stage on
Cumberland St.
Jazz, blues and funk with a healthy dose
of New Orleans spice and humidity!

Bateria Workshop
2pm | Village of Yorkville Park

James Brown Trio3pm | Yorkville Village - The Lane

Johnny Griffith Quintet
3:15pm | OLG Stage on
Cumberland St.

Conundrum
4:45pm | Village of Yorkville Park
Play on the 12-ft long, canoe-shaped
"canoedrum"

Turboprop
5:15pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.
Nominated for a 2018 JUNO, Turboprop is
led by Ernesto Cervini and is joined by
Tara Davidson, Joel Frahm, William Carn,
Adrean Farrugia and Dan Loomis

Margaret Stowe Trio6pm | Yorkville Village - The Lane

Surefire Sweat
6pm | OLG Stage on Cumberland St.
The local party band draws on a variety of
musical traditions including funk, jazz,
brass band, blues and Afrobeat

Guillaume Perret7pm | Church of The Redeemer
From France, Perret plays solo - saxophone
and effects - to create a unique sound
which should be enhanced by Church of the
Redeemer's acousticsGilliam, Milmine, Pottie Trio7pm | Heliconian Hall
Three important contributors to Toronto's
improvised music community - Bill Gilliam
(piano), Kayla Milmine (soprano saxophone)
and Ambrose Pottie (drums)

T.Dot BANGERZ Brass
7:15pm | Village of Yorkville Park
You haven't seen anything like this -
Toronto's only hip-hop and trap brass band

Humber College Music Faculty Nonet
8pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.
Nine of Humber's outstanding teachers take
to the stage to put into practice the
concepts they aim to imbue each year in
their students

YUKA
8:30pm | OLG Stage on Cumberland St.
Hard-hitting and dynamic funk band that
has dance floors packed everywhere they go

Heather Bambrick & Friends with
Russ Little Quartet feat. Carol
Welsman
7:30pm | Home Smith Bar at the Old
Mill
A festival within the Festival
showcasing a lineup of some of
Canada's best-loved jazz luminaries

Joe Policastro
Trio
8pm | Rex Jazz & Blues Bar

GoGo Penguin
10pm | Rex Jazz & Blues Bar

FREE
PERFORMANCESAllison Au Quartet12pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.JUNO-Award winning Allison Au's
music transports you to a place where
instrumentals ring bold and emotions
run free
Shirantha Beddage Quartet12:30pm | OLG Stage on
Cumberland St.
A two-time JUNO-nominee, he combines
hard bop and modern jazz to create a
sound that is both accessible and
sophisticated

Bateria Workshop
2pm | Village of Yorkville Park

Mike Downes Quartet
2:30pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.
JUNO award winner Mike Downes has been
a prominent Canadian bassist,
composer, arranger and educator since
the early 1980s

Brandi Disterheft Trio3pm | Yorkville Village - The Lane

Autorickshaw
3:15pm | OLG Stage on
Cumberland St.
Their music lies on the cultural
cutting edge as contemporary jazz,
funk and folk meld with the
classical and popular music of
India

Conundrum
4:45pm | Village of Yorkville Park

Ruben Esguerra New Tradition Music
5:15pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.
Explores a variety of Caribbean music
genres while incorporating original
ideas influenced by Latin and
contemporary music and dance,
reimagined in a contemporary urban
context

Jazz Musician Intensive Ensemble
5:15pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.
A new initiative, 8 selected
post-secondary students make up the
ensemble under the direction of Mike
Downes

Collective Order
6pm | OLG Stage on Cumberland St.
Collective Order features 19 musicians,
all whom are making a major contribution
to the local jazz scene, playing in a
variety of small ensemble makeups

Marito Marques
8pm | OLG Stage on Hazelton Ave.
Mashing up African roots music with jazz
and pop, he consistently crafts
interesting and lush compositions which
are unique on the Toronto scene

Filo Machado & Escola de Samba de
Toronto
8:30pm | OLG Stage on Cumberland St.
The outstanding Brazilian guitarist,
singer and composer Filo Machado, in a
collaboration with local musicians under
the direction of Alan Hetherington. And
we're throwing in high energy samba
group Escola de Samba de Toronto for
good measure!